My grandfather after the war wrote his memoirs in a book about his time in burma. A copy of this book was given to the Imperial war museum North....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The standard of the 3rd Carabiniers at Chester cathedral.
Ladies and Gentlemen. On 3 April 2019, after very careful consideration, the Trustees therefore agreed that the burma star Association should...
Hello all. During the Burma campaign different divisions and army commands had different shoulder flashes. I'm trying to find out what shoulder...
Hello. My grandfather was a solider in the Burma campaign. In the 25th Dragoons/ 3rd Carbinners under the royal armoured corps. I'm just trying...
One of my latest enquiries via the Chindit Society. Does anyone have any extra information about how this soldier died on the 17th January 1944?...
Hi - I am writing a semi fictional account on this formation. The CO was Lt Col Edward and this Battalion was a mix of Sikhs, Pathans, Dogras and...
Evening all. A common request, I'm sure, but I've finally allowed my stubbornness to subside. Since April 2019, after my late-grandfather's...
My mums brother was a bit of a dark horse in the family and it was said he went out to Malaya before the war to work on the plantations. He was...
Hi I hope someone can help me. I am researching a Royal Artillery Gunner in WW2. His service record shows that on 03/11/1944 he deployed to...
A friend wants to go on this March 2020 tour, but the tour operators are struggling to get the minimum numbers needed; which has happened before,...
[ATTACH] Roll of Honour for The Lincolnshire Regiment August 1939 – November 1946 & The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment December 1946 - December...
I've just been helping out another Chindit family in researching their soldier who served with the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers in Burma in 1944 as...
My dad - Terence Spooner (14566679) enlisted in March 1943. (age 19) His war records give him as joining the Dorsets before being transferred to...
The following shoulder-worn cloth formation badge comes from a photo of an officer of The Burma Regiment. I'm uncertain of the identity of the...
Gents, Tonight I downloaded the U.S. Army Signal Corps film I ordered from a vendor who digitized the original motion picture film for me from...
Hallo everyone. This is the first time I have posted, although I have been reading all your wonderful info on this forum for the past year....
Hi. Does anyone know anything about this post mark used in India in around 1940. The letter was posted from Maymyo, Burma. The post mark...
1130983 Gunner Thomas Archer Williamson of 129th Field Regt, RA Presumed killed and commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial. Son of Edward William...
Very sad news, Edward Price Jones. M.M., perhaps the very last Burma veteran of the 2nd battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers has passed away age 99. I...
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